Cafe furniture nationwide should be in considerable demand, given the news that most Britons now do not cook from scratch on most days of the week.
Mintel surveyed people across the country and asked them if they cook using raw ingredients - meat, vegetables and so on - several times a week or more.
Residents of the south-east and East Anglia claimed to cook from scratch the most, but even here only 44% of people said they cook from ingredients on most days of each week.
London ranks a considerable way behind on just 38% - less than its surrounding areas in the south, where the south-west and Wales scored 40% and both the West and East Midlands scored 39%.
In the north, the pattern is also mixed; 42% of people in Yorkshire and Humberside cook from scratch most days, falling to 38% in the extreme north of England and in Scotland, and just 33% in the north-west.
All of this is good news for restaurateurs as, aside from cooking from scratch, the alternatives for eating at home are fairly limited, including ready meals and takeaways, but little else.
The suggestion that the social aspects of eating out could be responsible for part of the trend seems to be supported in the demographics, too.
Mintel found that more than half of the over-55s cook from scratch most days - 54%, against an average of 40% across all age groups.
But among 16 to 24-year-olds, only 27% cook most days using raw ingredients, suggesting that the younger and highly sociable generation could be a worthy target for restaurateurs.
It is worth remembering that many of these people are not looking for the social aspects of eating out, however; many are simply pressed for time when they arrive home at the end of the long working day.
As such, depending on the type of eatery you operate, it might be worth incorporating some diner-style seating into your cafe furniture.
This could allow hurried diners to perch on a stool at a counter to enjoy a quick meal, rather than sitting alone at a table laid for a party of four or six.